Hospital Dumps elderly Black Man on Sidewalk/ Medicare Rules

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

Sounds like a colossal failure by Social Services

The 2 doctors will probably say the nurse told them the pt was fine.

A hospital dumps a Black man on a sidewalk with tubes still attached. He is found unresponsive

Carla Sinclair 3:34 pm Mon Oct 18, 2021

Quote

A Georgia hospital dumped a seriously ill Black man, with tubes and a catheter still attached to him, on a sidewalk after his Medicare ran out. The 68-year-old patient, who had "a fever, signs of sepsis, a urinary tract infection and an elevated heart rate," according to WSB-TV, was found collapsed and unresponsive.

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

Freeman is the local Police Chief.

[Emergent, RN]

Did they think this was a racist incident? Is that why they included a racial identifier in the title?

The story doesn't have a lot of details.

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

2 hours ago, Emergent said:

Did they think this was a racist incident? Is that why they included a racial identifier in the title?

The story doesn't have a lot of details.

not sure

[JBMmom, MSN, NP]

How awful. And clearly this wasn't a discharge through the appropriate channels because no one is going to send a patient out the doors with their catheter and IVs still in. 

[Zapi791, BSN, LVN, RN]

On 12/18/2021 at 5:22 PM, JBMmom said:

…..no one is going to send a patient out the doors with their catheter and IVs still in. 

I agree.  Many patients have altered mental status and wonder off.  Medicare also doesn’t cover cost patient sitters.  
 

I heard of “story” of a patient being discharged from the hospital in pajamas and he was later found outside directing traffic, but his IV access was removed first.